15 Boston Road, Ipswich, IP4 4EQ

15 Boston Road is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Ipswich (IP4 4EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 4 certificates since December 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump.

Held since April 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £163,000 sits 350.2% above the 1999 sale of £36,205. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£66/sq ft) was about 56% below the postcode norm. At 51 m² it's 22.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (66 m² median across 31 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs).